The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr. Steevens's last ed., with a selection of the most important notes [collected by J. Nichols]. |
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Page 11
... poet's own making , meaning the fame : as reverberates . STEEVENS . I never regarded my life , as my own , but merely as a thing of which I had the poffeffion not the property ; and which was entrusted to me as a pawn or pledge , to be ...
... poet's own making , meaning the fame : as reverberates . STEEVENS . I never regarded my life , as my own , but merely as a thing of which I had the poffeffion not the property ; and which was entrusted to me as a pawn or pledge , to be ...
Page 18
... poet died . utinam extra legitimum & connubialem thorum effem procreatus ! Ita enim pro- genitores mei in venerem incaluiffent ardentius , ac cumulatim aftatimque generofa femina contuliffent , è quibus ego formæ blanditiam & elegantiam ...
... poet died . utinam extra legitimum & connubialem thorum effem procreatus ! Ita enim pro- genitores mei in venerem incaluiffent ardentius , ac cumulatim aftatimque generofa femina contuliffent , è quibus ego formæ blanditiam & elegantiam ...
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... poet to expofe . But it was a tender point , and required managing . For this impious juggle had in his time a kind of religious reverence paid to it . It was therefore to be done obliquely ; and the circumftances of the scene furnished ...
... poet to expofe . But it was a tender point , and required managing . For this impious juggle had in his time a kind of religious reverence paid to it . It was therefore to be done obliquely ; and the circumftances of the scene furnished ...
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... poet wants them on the stage . WARNER • The commentators , not being musicians , have regarded this paffage perhaps as unintelligible nonfenfe , and therefore left it as they found it , without beftowing a fingle conjecture on its ...
... poet wants them on the stage . WARNER • The commentators , not being musicians , have regarded this paffage perhaps as unintelligible nonfenfe , and therefore left it as they found it , without beftowing a fingle conjecture on its ...
Page 53
... poet means the natural union between parents , and children . The metaphor is taken from the cords of the fanctuary ; and the fomenters of family differences are compared to thefe facrilegious rats . The expreffion is fine and noble ...
... poet means the natural union between parents , and children . The metaphor is taken from the cords of the fanctuary ; and the fomenters of family differences are compared to thefe facrilegious rats . The expreffion is fine and noble ...
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againſt ancient anſwer becauſe Benvolio Brabantio Caffio called Capulet caufe Cordelia Cyprus daughter death doft doth Emil Enter Exeunt Exit expreffion eyes faid fame father fatire fcene fecond feems feen fenfe fhall fhould fhow fignifies fince firft flain fleep folio fome fool foul fpeak fpeech fpirit ftand ftate ftill fuch fuppofe fure fweet fword give Hamlet hath heart heaven himſelf Iago itſelf JOHNSON Juliet Kent king lady Laer Laertes laft Lear lefs lord MALONE MASON means Mercutio moft moſt muft muſt night Nurfe obferved occafion Ophelia Othello paffage paffion perfon phrafe play poet Polonius prefent purpoſe quarto Queen reafon RITSON Romeo ſcene Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhall ſhe ſpeak STEEVENS thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Tybalt ufed uſed villain WARBURTON whofe word